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Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 342

6 September 2024

  • Applications for US federal agency funding
  •  Altmetric training session - 18th September
  • Full economic costing (fEC) briefing – 15th October
  • Reminder: Book your Worktribe training now

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 341

9 August 2024

  • Costing staff in X5 and Worktribe
  • Book your Worktribe training now
  • Reminder: Cross-school collaboration process 

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 340

26 July 2024

  • Worktribe contracts module launching in School of Technology on 31st July 
  • ERC 2025 Synergy Grant webinar – 30th August
  • ERC 2025 Work Programme webinar - 12th September
  • Revised information packages for researchers and staff members participating in MSCA projects
  • Join our CoP Live Event - 26th September
  • RGUG Meeting 18th July 2024 - recording and presentations now available
  • New policy and process for considering funding from fossil fuel companies
  • Government Office for Science Survey – deadline 16th August

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 339

12 July 2024

  • Research Grants User Group meeting – 18th July 2024
  • UKRI’s Funding Service – letter of intent
  • ERC Work Programme 2025 Announced
  • European Innovation Council (EIC) Information Event 4 July 2024 – slides and recording
  • Cross Research Council Responsive Mode Pilot Scheme Round 2 - Information Session 18th July 2024 
  • Highlights from the ARMA 2024 Conference  - 24th July
  • Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2024

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 338

28 June 2024

  • Worktribe launch timeline and managing cross-school collaborations from 1st July 2024 
  • UKRO MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 Call, Information Webinars – 2nd and 3rd July 
  • European Research Council (ERC) Information Event, 14th June 2024 – recordings and presentations
  • Webinar on Certificates on the Financial Statements (CFS) in Horizon Europe
  • IARU Early-Career Collaboration Grants 2024
  • Reminder - Research Grants User Group meeting, 18th July

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 337

14 June 2024

  • European Innovation Council (EIC) Information Event – 4th July 2024
  • ERC Webinar on lump sum funding – recording available
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • University of Zurich - Global Strategy and Partnerships Funding Scheme

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 336

24 May 2024

  • Horizon Europe Lump Sum Funding Calls - Crib Sheet and Webinar
  • European Innovation Council (EIC) Information Event – Save the Date 4th July 2024
  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 call
  • How to Contact the Cambridge Research Office
  • Research Grants User Group meeting – 18th July 2024
  • Reminder - Large Grant Contribution Fund

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 335

10 May 2024

  • European Research Council (ERC) information event - 14 June 2024
  • MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Call - information session 16 May 2024
  • UKRO MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Call - information webinars 14 and 15 May 2024
  • Horizon Europe guarantee - transition to UKRI Funding Service

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 334

19 April 2024

  • Research Grants User Group meeting – 24th April 2024
  • UKRI’s The Funding Service – webinar 25th April 2024
  • International Working Policy - presentation 5th June 2024
  • Feedback opportunity for Horizon Europe work programme 2025
  • European Commission increases investment in the Horizon Europe Work Programme
  • NC3Rs Call for in vitro researchers to participate in user testing new reporting standards

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 333

28 March 2024

  • Worktribe release timeline update 
  • Time recording update for Horizon Europe grants
  • Reminder: Research Grants Administrator Programme: May - July 2024
  • Save the date: Friday 14th June - European Research Council (ERC) Information Event
  • Researchfish 2024
  • International Engagement Hub

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 332

15 March 2024

  • Research Grants Administrator Programme: May - July 2024
  • EU Missions Info Days – April 2024
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Apollo upgrade complete - preprint deposit service now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 331

1 March 2024

  • Researchfish funder submission deadline: 14 March 2024
  • Open research deposit via Elements unavailable 5-8 March 2024
  • Unlocking Success: Insider Insights for Winning Horizon Europe Health Proposals – online workshop, 12 March 2024
  • Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - Info Day, 23 April 2024
  • Recent changes in the evaluation of ERC Research Proposals
  • Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe – recording now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 330

16 February 2024

  • Large Grant Contributions Fund Updates
  • Reminder: Large Grant Applications – Information Session 29th February  
  • UKRI Open Access Policy for Long-form Scholarship - Information Session 19th February
  • Registrations for European R&I Week 2024
  • Canada Concluded Association Negotiations to Horizon Europe
  • RGUG Meeting 15th February 2024 - recording and presentations now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 329

2 February 2024

  • X5 Updated Rates - 1st February 2024
  • ARIA Seed Funding Call
  •  Research Grants User Group Meeting – 15th February 2024
  • Researchfish Funder Submission 2024
  • EC Funding & Tenders Portal - Two-factor Authentication (2FA)

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 328

19 January 2024

  • International Working Policy – Employer Compliance Costs
  • Supporting researchers with Elements Video
  • USS Pension Rate Updated in X5
  • Open Access at Cambridge: Supporting researchers with funding and compliance
  • Large Grant Applications – Information Session on Thursday 29th February 2024
  • Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe - Information Session on 8th February 2024
  • Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish available until Friday 26th January

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 327

5 January 2024

  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Horizon Europe Information Sessions Dec 2023 – Recordings and presentations
  • Are you UKRI funded?
  • Lund University "Get Started Funding"

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 326

1 December 2023

  • Supplementary guidance on Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
  • System downtime 14-18 December 2023
  • Reminder: Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications
  • Reminder - Head of Department delegated letter of authority for research grants
  • RGUG Meeting 30th November 2023 - recording and presentations now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 325

17 November 2023

  • Reminder: Book your place for Horizon Europe Information Sessions
  • The Council of the European Union gave green light to UK association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 30 November 2023
  • Reminder: Applications open for the Research Grants Administration Programme 2024
  • Reminder: Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications and expenditure statements
  • Could you be a Worktribe Champion?
  • Research Funding team – application support

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 324

3 November 2023

  • Horizon Europe information sessions in December
  • Applications open for the Research Grants Administration Programme 2024
  • Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications and expenditure statements
  • Timesheet sessions and support
  • Exchange rate update in UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee Guidance for 2024
  • School of Technology will be the first school to adopt Worktribe
  • UKRI updates corporate plan priorities for 2023-2024

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 323

17 October 2023

  • ERC Synergy and ERC Consolidator applications - 7 working day deadline  
  • Extension of call deadlines due to ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict
  • Horizon Europe Funding Opportunities Information Session – Thursday 7th December 2023
  • Use of ERC Branding confirmed for UKRI Guarantee Grant Holders
  • NIH Grants – subrecipients to provide copies of all lab notebooks, data and documentation
  • New Teams channel to support users of UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS)
  • VAT training session on research grants and contracts – recording available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 322

6 October 2023

  • Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes: 2023 UK-EU agreement explainer
  • European Research Council and Association to Horizon Europe - FAQS
  • MSCA COFUND 2023 Call Information Event
  • MSCA Doctoral Network 2023 Call  
  • Horizon Europe Info Days Cluster 2 - Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
  • VAT training session on research grants and contracts – 10th October 2023
  • RGUG Meeting 28th September 2023 - recording and presentations now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 321

22 September 2023

  • UK Association to Horizon Europe  
  • Webinar on the UK’s Association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus: 25th September 2023, 10am - 11am
  • Webinar recording on ERC grant competitions 2024
  • Expert group on the Economic and Societal Impact of Research and Innovation (R&I) – call for applications
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 28th September 2023
  • Head of Department delegated letter of authority for research grants
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Tsinghua - Cambridge Joint Research Initiative Fund: call for proposals

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 320

8 September 2023

  • UK Association to Horizon Europe: an update
  • UKRO webinar and recordings on ERC
  • ERC 2024 Starting Grant - Crib Sheet Updates
  • Opportunity for early engagement with Worktribe – expressions of interest by Monday 11th September
  • RGUG Meeting - Thursday 28th September 2023
  • AI innovations - internal funding opportunity  
  • Public Engagement Training for Researchers

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 319

11 August 2023

  • The Royal Society Inflationary Uplift to Grants FY2023/24
  • Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT) system closure
  • MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 Resources

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 318

28 July 2023

  •  Royal Society’s University Research Fellowship – changes to the scheme
  • European Research Council Starting Grants 2024 call
  • Research Grant Timesheet Requirements and Guidance  
  • Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme - Worktribe roll out
  • RGUG Meeting 20th July 2023 - recording and presentations now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 317

7 July 2023

  • New fEC Rates
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 20th July 2023
  • European Cooperation in Science and Technology - Information Sessions July 2023
  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 - updated guidance
  • New Elements Video – how to use the reporting features
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 316

23 June 2023

  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 call
  • Transforming Research Support Programme – hear directly from our key sponsors
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG)
  • UKRI and DSIT Pioneer Innovation – request for moonshots

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 315

9 June 2023

  • Extension of the UKRI Underwrite for Successful Horizon Europe Applications
  • EPSRC’s Responsive Mode and Fellowship opportunities
  • Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2023
  • New three-year read and publish open access (OA) deal with Springer Nature
  • Benefits of cloud computing for research
  • Research Office Jobs
  • UKRI Perception Survey

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 314

19 May 2023

  • US Federal Agency contracts - information required
  • RGUG Meeting 11th May 2023 - recording and presentations now available
  • UKRI and Wellcome Trust – new funding platforms
  • Pausing of the EPSRC Repeatedly Unsuccessful Applicant (RUA) Policy
  • EU Council Action against certain Hungarian entities

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 313

28 April 2023

  • UK Government’s Guarantee Funding Guidance - updated 17th April 2023
  • Applying for a Global Talent visa endorsement to take up the UKRI Government’s Guarantee Funding for Horizon Europe
  • UK Government’s draft plan for Pioneer
  • UKRI Grants - Final Expenditure Statement  
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 11th May 2023
  • Falling Walls Lab is coming to Cambridge – 21st June 2023

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 312

6 April 2023

  • X5 - Updated Rates
  • New Online SoECAT Process from 1st April 2023
  • Audit Training Sessions – Recordings Available
  • New Self-Archiving Policy Enables Immediate Open Access for University of Cambridge Researchers
  •  Apollo and Elements Upgrade from 20th April 2023 
  • Cambridge Enterprise Key Contacts

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 311

24 March 2023

  • Grant Application Submission Deadlines
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 11th May 2023
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Researchfish 2023
  • Research Grant Expenditure Training Sessions - March 2023
  • Elements and Apollo Upgrade - Spring 2023

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 310

10 March 2023

  • Researchfish Funder Submission - Deadline 16th March 2023
  • Extension of the UKRI Underwrite for Successful Horizon Europe Applications
  • University Response to a Public Consultation on the EU’s R&I Programmes  
  • Research Grant Expenditure Training Sessions - March 2023
  • Do you use the University Finance System (CUFS) for Grant Expenditure?
  • How Cloud and Google can Help Deliver your Research Faster and Easier – 22nd March
  • Recovering Costs for University Secure Research Computing Platform (SRCP) on Research Grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 309

24 February 2023

  • Changes to the Royal Society’s Newton International Fellowship Scheme
  • The Cost of Living Payment (COLP) and Grants
  • Researchfish Funder Submission - Deadline 16th March 2023
  • Grant Audits - training sessions now available
  • Recovering costs for University Secure Research Computing Platform (SRCP) on research grants
  • RGUG Meeting 23rd February - recording and presentations now available
  • Cambridge Libraries Survey 2023

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 308

10 February 2023

  • New fEC Rates for 2023
  • UKRI Terms and Conditions – change to their travel policy
  • UKRI Terms and Conditions – Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS)
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 23rd February 2023

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 307

27 January 2023

  • Opportunity for a Mid-Career Researcher to join the Research Culture Steering Committee
  • US Federal Funding - Single Audit Report
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 23rd February 2023

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 306

13 January 2023

  • Timesheets – UKRI auditor visit w/c 23rd January 2023
  • Grant Starting Certificate reminder - UKRI
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 23rd February 2023
  • Job Opportunities at the Research Office

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 305

16 December 2022

  • UKRI Timesheets Update
  • X5 Salary Scale & National Insurance Updates
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • New Position Titles in the Research Office　
  • UKRI Guarantee Guidance
  • Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2023-2024
  • Public consultation on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation programmes 2014-2027
  • HR Transformation Programme
  • Reminder - Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish until Friday 13th January
  • Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 304

2 December 2022

  • UKRI Guarantee Guidance Update & Draft EC Work Programmes for 2023-24
  • Timesheet updates for UKRI awards
  • RGUG Meeting 22nd November - recording and presentations now available
  • Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish until Friday 13th January
  • Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 303

18 November 2022

  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 22nd November 2022
  • Timesheet Updates
  • Yammer - Supporting Research at Cambridge
  • Large Grant Contributions Fund

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 302

4 November 2022

  • Reminder: keep documentary evidence of annual leave for EC grants
  • Reminder: Official Development Assistance Allocation Call Information
  • University Collaboration Budget – Applications open 8th November 2022
  • Timesheet sessions and next RGUG Meeting
  • Thinking of using cloud services for your research, but don’t know where to start?

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 301

20 October 2022

  • Official Development Assistance Allocation Call Information
  • MSCA Doctoral Network 2022 Call Information
  • Horizon Results Booster Event for H2020 & FP7 PIs, 3rd November 2022
  • Timesheet sessions in November

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 300

7 October 2022

  • Deadline for Completing Timesheets
  • Audit Recommendations and Funder Terms & Conditions
  • Official Development Assistance (ODA) Allocation
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Third-party Credit Risk
  • RGUG Meeting 29th September 2022 - recording and presentations now available
  • Reminder - Horizon Results Booster Event for H2020 PIs, 3rd November 2022
  • Work for Us
  • Open Access: Where Next?

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 299

23 September 2022

  • Timesheet sessions and support
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 29th September 2022
  • Horizon Results Booster Event for H2020 PIs – 3rd November 2022
  • X5 Salary Scale & NI Updates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 298

9 September 2022

  • UKRI Guarantee Extension
  • Forthcoming UKRO Events
  • HRB Event - Save the Date - 3rd November 2022
  • Timesheet Sessions
  • Elements: major upgrade now complete

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 297

19 August 2022

  • ERC Starting Grant
  • Timesheet demonstration sessions
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 29th September 2022
  • Advanced notice of UKRI Official Development Assistance research funding for financial year 2022/2023

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 296

5 August 2022

  • Timesheet requirements for UKRI funding
  • Horizon Europe and the UK Government’s measures to support research & development
  • UKRI underwrite guarantee - recent awards for ERC and MSCA projects
  • X5 Templates for Horizon Europe costings
  • Horizon Results Booster
  • Elements - major upgrade coming on 18 August 2022

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 295

29 July 2022

  • How to submit and save timesheets

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 294

22 July 2022

  • New timesheet template now available
  • MSCA 2022 Postdoctoral Fellowship Calls
  • RGUG Meeting 14th July 2022 - recording and presentations now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 293

8 July 2022

  • UKRI Grants - Timesheets and FES　
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 14th July 2022
  • Horizon Europe / UKRI Underwrite

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 292

21 June 2022

  • UKRI Grants – Final Expenditure Statements
  • Horizon Europe/UKRI Underwrite
  • Horizon Europe – Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society Info Day – 28th June 2022
  • European Research and Innovation Days – 28th & 29th September 2022
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Update to UKRI Start Date Policy for Responsive Mode Grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 291

10 June 2022

  • Horizon Europe ERC and MSCA Awards
  • UKRI Grants - timesheet requirements
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting
  • EC Webinars
  • Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2022
  • Research Office Vacancies

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 290

20 May 2022

  • UKRI Grants - timesheet requirements
  • UKRI Underwrite – updated guidance and timeframes
  • MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: Navigating the UK Immigration Landscape – Webinar 14th June
  • Community of Practice for Grants Administration

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 289

6 May 2022

  • RGUG Meeting 26th April 2022 - recording and presentations now available
  • Horizon Europe - UKRI Underwrite Guarantee
  • EC Webinars in May and June
  • Expert Evaluators for EU Programmes
  • Managing Research Grants Guidance
  • Travel on University business: new guidelines on sustainability

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 288

22 April 2022

  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 26th April 2022 
  • PI Eligibility 
  • Updated Rates in X5
  • The Principal Investigator Programme
  • Horizon for Ukraine - Opportunities in Horizon-funded research & innovation projects 
  • Researchfish 2022 

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 287

25 March 2022

  • Export Sanctions Against Russia
  • UKRI Funder Assurance Programme Audit
  • New fEC Rates for 2022
  • Horizon Europe Guarantee Funding
  • Reminder - Revised Application Deadlines from 1st April 2022
  • The Principal Investigator Programme – New Dates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 286

11 March 2022

  • Researchfish Funder Submission - Deadline 17th March 2022
  • Horizon Europe Awards
  • Revised Application Deadlines from 1st April 2022
  • Single Audit Report for US Federal Funding

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 285

25 February 2022

  • Horizon Europe Awards
  • Research Administration Programme 2022
  • New UKRI Open Access Policy From 1st April 2022
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 26th April 2022
  • Reminder - The Apprenticeship Levy

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 284

11 February 2022

  • New Community of Practice for Grants Administration
  • Researchfish Funder Submission is Open for 2022
  • RGUG Meeting 8th February - Recording and Presentations now available
  • The Principal Investigator Programme – March 2022
  • Sharing your Research using Elements and Research Information 　

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 283

28 January 2022

  • US Federal Funding Update
  • Horizon Europe Awards
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 8th February 2022
  • The Principal Investigator Programme – March 2022
  • Research Dashboard Upgrade
  • Would you like to become a Data Champion for the University of Cambridge?

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 282

14 January 2022

  • US Federal Funding
  • Horizon Europe Grant Awards
  • Research Dashboard upgrade - 27th January 2022
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting
  • fEC Rates Delay

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 281

10 December 2021

  • Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • RGUG Meeting 30th November - Recording and Presentations now available
  • EC Update: Clarification of the Use of the Internally Invoiced Goods and Services category in Horizon Europe
  • ERC Advanced Grant Webinars Feb 2022
  • Research Professional

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 280

19 November 2021

  • Research Grants User Group Meeting and Researchfish
  • Principal Investigator Programme on LinkedIn Learning
  • EC Update
  • Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • Apollo Repository Upgrade – Friday 26th November 2021
  • CAPE Policy Engagement Perceptions Survey: Autumn 2021
  • Help Wellcome improve their online platforms

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 279

5 November 2021

  • EC Reporting Deadlines
  • End of Grant Financial Reporting and Final Invoicing - Reminder
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • Departmental Representatives for Worktribe Implementation Project Board
  • Researchfish
  • Open Research at Cambridge 2021

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 278

15 October 2021

  • Large Grant Contributions Fund 　
  • RGUG Meeting 5th October - Recording and Presentations now available
  • Swift Service for Outgoing MTAs
  • Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration - Survey Results
  • Final call: Sustainable Business Travel Policy Questionnaire

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 277

1 October 2021

  • New Service Launch - Outgoing MTA Swift Service
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting – 5th October 2021
  • Final Expenditure for CoA award grants
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • X5 - Pay Scales & Renamed Grades
  • Guidance launched for the University's Carbon Offsetting Scheme
  • The University of Cambridge and Elsevier

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 276

17 September 2021

  • Research Impact Session – 22nd September 2021
  • ERC Starting Grant Call Information Webinars - 28th & 30th September 2021
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting – 5th October 2021
  • Fly America Act

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 275

3 September 2021

  • Funding Assurance Programme Audit 2021
  • Research Administration Programme 2021
  • Sustainable Business Travel Policy Questionnaire
  • Wellcome's Sustainable Research Survey
  • Update to UKRI fEC Grant and Training Grant Terms and Conditions
  • Reminder - Programme for PIs, Booking for September Events
  • Reminder - Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration Survey

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 274

6 August 2021

  • fEC Rates from 1st August 2021
  • Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration - Survey
  • Programme for PIs – Booking for September Events
  • Supporting Research at Cambridge
  • ERC Starting Grant Call Information Webinars - September 2021
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 5th October 2021
  • Forthcoming UKRI FAP Audit
  • EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Strategy Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 273

9 July 2021

  • Horizon Europe Webinar – Wednesday 14th July at 10:45am
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – Wednesday 21st July at 11:15am
  • Finding Funding Opportunities

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 272

25 June 2021

  • Horizon Europe Webinars in July
  • RGUG - Tuesday 13th July at 11:15am
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Cognos Reporting Upgrade – Wednesday 30th June
  • Refresh of the EPSRC Early Career Forum in Manufacturing Research
  • EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team Recruitment

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 271

11 June 2021

  • Horizon Europe Webinars
  • Horizon Europe Information Days 2021
  • Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2021

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 270

21 May 2021

  • New Payscales in X5 from 20th May 2021
  • Horizon Europe Calls
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting 13th May 2021 - slides and recording available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 269

7 May 2021

  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – Thursday 13th May 2021
  • Research Grant Expenditure Guidance
  • Increased EPSRC Support for Research Equipment

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 268

23 April 2021

  • Official Development Assistance Budget Cuts
  • EC Funding - Forthcoming Webinars
  • RGUG - Thursday 13th May at 11:15am
  • New Funder and New Collaborator Forms for X5
  • Activating an Award on CUFS

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 267

9 April 2021

  • Deadline for 2021 ERC Starting Grant Call Extended Further
  • Latest News and Guidance for Horizon Europe
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 266

19 March 2021

  • European Commission Webinar 23rd March - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships for Horizon Europe
  • European Commission Webinar 24th March - How to Prepare a Successful Proposal in Horizon Europe
  • fEC Rates
  • Researchfish 2021

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 265

5 March 2021

  • Researchfish Funder Submission - deadline 11th March 2021
  • ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant Calls
  • X5 Notifications
  • RGUG 25th February 2021 - slides and recording available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 264

12 February 2021

  • Horizon Europe　
  • US Federal Funding - Transparency Requirements Reminder
  • End of Grant Financial Reporting and Final Invoicing
  • RGUG - Thursday 25th February 11:30am
  • X5 - New User Guide
  • Researchfish Funder Submission is open for 2021

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 263

29 January 2021

  • Researchfish Funder Submission for 2021
  • Horizon Europe Programme
  • Research Office Capacity
  • RGUG - Thursday 25th February at 11:30am
  • fEC Rates Delay

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 262

15 January 2021

  • Changes to Funder Open Access Requirements
  • Researchfish Funder Submission 2021
  • Training Opportunity for PIs - Thursday 25th Feb, 11am
  • Reminder - New Swift CDA Service

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 261

18 December 2020

  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications
  • December 2020 RGUG – slides and recording available
  • Brexit: Import and export of controlled goods – licensing changes

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 260

4 December 2020

  • New Swift CDA Service
  • Research Consumables
  • X5 Unavailable Thursday 10th December, 7am – 8:30am
  • Using Nurse Grades in X5
  • Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish until Friday 15th January
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting
  • Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 259

20 November 2020

  • X5 Upgrade - Tuesday 24th November 2020
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • Reminder - Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on Thursday 3rd December at 11:15am
  • Innovation Funding Service Portal
  • EU Domain Names

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 258

6 November 2020

  • X5 Upgrade - Tuesday 24th November 2020
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • Reminder - Cambridge Research Administrator Network Meeting on Thursday 26th November at 11am
  • Reminder - Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on Thursday 3rd December at 11:15am
  • New UKRI Website
  • Wellcome Trust – a New Vision and Strategy

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 257

22 October 2020

  • Revised Payscales in X5
  • X5 Upgrade
  • Cambridge Research Administrator Network Meeting - Thursday 26th November at 11am
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) – Thursday 3rd December at 11:15am
  • Guidance on Grant Applications for College Teaching Officers (CTOs)
  • UKRI’s New Funding Service - User Research Participation

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 256

9 October 2020

  • X5 Upgrade Postponed
  • New Funders Linked to Climate Change
  • Timesheets for Furloughed Staff
  • Payment of Article Processing Charges for Making your Papers Open Access

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 255

25 September 2020

  • Compliance with new UKRI safeguarding policy
  • X5 Upgrade - 8th October 2020
  • RGUG – slides and video available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 254

11 September 2020

  • Claiming Staff Time on EC Awards
  • Flexi-Grant at Cancer Research UK
  • Wellcome Trust is Changing its Digital Identity
  • X5 Upgrade in October 2020
  • ROO Portal Unavailable - Tuesday 15th September

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 253

4 September 2020

  • UKRI CoA Award – Eligibility Updates
  • X5 Upgrade - Users Needed to do Testing
  • Research Grants User Group – 24th September

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 252

14 August 2020

  • X5 Upgrade - Testers Needed
  • Research Office Closed on Bank Holiday Monday
  • Reserch Grants User Group

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 251

31 July 2020

  • Research Funder Updates
  • Wellcome Trust – Policy Update
  • Research Investigator Time Policy – 1st August
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – July 2020 Meeting
  • Review of the UK Social Science PhD

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 250

17 July 2020

  • UKRI to switch over its COVID-19 Open Call to JeS
  • UKRI COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA)
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting
  • New Carbon Offsetting Policies

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 249

3 July 2020

  • Research Funder Updates
  • Research Grants User Group Meetings
  • Global Health Research Projects

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 248

19 June 2020

  • ERC Advanced Grant Call 2020, Webinar for Applicants - 26th June 2020
  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report – Departmental Expenditure Checks
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting
  • Research Investigator Time Policy
  • Creating a costing in X5
  • Cambridge-Africa Alborada Research Fund 2020

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 247

10 June 2020

  • Research Grants USer Group Meeting - Tuesday 16th June at 11:15am
  • MSCA Individual Fellowship 2020 Webinar – Thursday 18th June at 10am
  • ERC Advanced Grant Call 2020 Webinar – Monday 22nd June at 11am
  • Research Governance: International Health Research

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 246

15 May 2020

  • Furlough of Staff funded from Research Grants
  • RGUG - Thursday 21st May at 11am
  • EC Funding & Covid-19 Drop-in Webinar on Tuesday 19th May - Reminder
  • New Payscales in X5 from 20th May
  • Applications Deadline Calculator
  • Innovate UK "no cost" Time Extension Requests
  • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – Start Certificates Reminder

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 245

7 May 2020

  • Electronic Signature on Timesheets
  • EC Funding & Covid-19 Drop-in Webinar on Tuesday 19th May
  • RGUG - Thursday 21st May
  • Funder Guidance
  • Ethics Guidance for COVID-19 Health Related Research
  • Research Office Support for Tackling COVID-19

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 244

24 April 2020

  • Grant Application De​adlines From Monday 27th April
  • COVID-19 Contracts Response Team
  • Research Ethics Review
  • Fellowship Interview Panels
  • X5 Upgrade
  • Single Audit Report

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 243

15 April 2020

  • Research Office Application Deadlines From 27th April 2020
  • Scheduled Grant Audits
  • UKRI Calls in April & May - deadlines extended
  • UKRI PhD Students
  • Wellcome Trust - Updates for Current Award Holders and New Applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 242

3 April 2020

  • News from the Research Office
  • Updates from UKRI

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 241

19 March 2020

  • Research Office Staff Working Remotely

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 240

6 March 2020

  • Researchfish Submission Deadline – 12th March 2020
  • RGUG – 23rd April 2020
  • Research Administration Open Day – 30th June 2020

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 239

21 February 2020

  • Researchfish Submission Deadline - 12th March
  • Changes to MRC Senior Fellowship Schemes
  • Cancer Research UK Updates – Pensions and Indexation
  • RGUG - 25th February
  • X5 Training
  • Brexit

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 238

6 February 2020

  • fEC from 1st February 2020
  • MRF / SRF Rates from 1st February 2020
  • British Heart Foundation – Inflation on Salaries
  • Researchfish submission period now open
  • UKRI changes to Pathways to Impact

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 237

24 January 2020

  • X5 unavailable Monday 3rd February, 8am – 9am
  • Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish until Thursday 6th February
  • BBSRC Open Meeting – Tuesday 18th February
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar – Monday 24th February
  • Industry Pricing Policy
  • Call for Data Champions
  • Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement for FY 2020
  • Brexit

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 236

10 January 2020

  • The Royal Society Open Meeting - Tuesday 28th January
  • EPSRC Open Meeting - Wednesday 29th January
  • ROOTS Tier 2 - Research Grants Programme

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 235

19 December 2019

  • Research Grants Programme
  • Research Administration Open Day
  • Updated Policy Framework on Research Data Management
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Grant Applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 234

6 December 2019

  • Wellcome Trust Organisation Spend Report (OSR) – departmental expenditure checks
  • Re-budgeting of EC awards
  • Industry Pricing Policy
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Grant Applications
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting
  • Audits of Innovate UK Grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 233

22 November 2019

  • Clinical Pay Scales Into X5
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • RGUG Meeting – 3rd December 2019
  • New Funder or Collaborator Requests

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 232

8 November 2019

  • ERC Consolidator Grant Call 2020 - Information Event on 27th November 2019
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements
  • Researchfish Node Administrator Session, 14th November 2019
  • RGUG Meeting – 3rd December 2019

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 231

25 October 2019

  • Researchfish Node Administrator Session, Thursday 14th November 2019
  • X5 - Screen Amendments
  • Finance System Survey and Feedback Session
  • British Heart Foundation – New Research Grant Management System
  • ERC Public Engagement with Research Award 2020

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 230

11 October 2019

  • Pay scales updated in X5
  • RGUG – Tuesday 3rd December 2019
  • Underwriting of EU Research Projects - Action Required

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 229

13 September 2019

  • RGUG Meeting – 19th September 2019
  • Underwriting of EU Research Projects - Action Required
  • Open Access Monographs: from policy to reality – 2nd October 2019
  • ROO Open Day – 21st November 2019
  • EPSRC Responsible Innovation Framework

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 228

9 August 2019

  • X5 Training – 15th August 2019
  • MSCA Individual Fellowships - Deadline for Applications
  • ERC Starting Grant Call 2020, Seminar for Applicants - 11th September 2019
  • UKRI Review of Support for AI
  • EPSRC Physical Sciences Impact Event

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 227

26 July 2019

  • Wellcome Trust Policy Updates
  • Due Diligence Updates
  • EPSRC Physical Sciences Impact Event
  • EPSRC Grant Conditions – Start Date Procedures

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 226

5 July 2019

  • Research Administrators Programme, Sept - Nov 2019
  • Research Grants User Group
  • Audits of Innovate UK Grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 225

21 June 2019

  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 27th June 2019
  • Research Administrators Programme, Sept - Nov 2019

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 224

7 June 2019

  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar – Tuesday 18th June 2019
  • Marie Curie Individual Fellowships 2019 Information Event – Wednesday 26th June 2019
  • ERC Funding Programmes and the ERC Advanced Grant Call Information Event - Friday 5th July
  • NERC 2019 Capital Equipment Call for Science, Innovation, Estates, IT and/or Facilities

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 223

10 May 2019

  • UKRI announcement to include a Gender Equality Statement in all GCRF and Newton Fund applications
  • X5 - USS pension rate added
  • Delegated authority limits for grant applications
  • RGUG meeting – 27 June 2019

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 222

26 April 2019

  • RGUG – Thursday 2nd May 2019
  • Application Deadlines - Working Days Calculator
  • Costing USS Pensions in UKRI Applications
  • Disposing of unwanted research equipment

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 221

29 March 2019

  • Wellcome Trust – Costing USS pension rises from April 2019 to April 2020
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – Minutes Available
  • Researchfish 2019

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 220

8 March 2019

  • Researchfish Submission Deadline – 14th March 2019
  • Innovate UK Grants – Timesheet Guidance
  • X5 Costing for Access to Henry Royce Institute Facilities
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 219

22 February 2019

  • RGUG – Tuesday 26th February 2019
  • Researchfish Submission Deadline – 14 March
  • Transforming Research Support
  • Research Dashboard Updates
  • X5 – USS Pension Rate Updated

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 218

8 February 2019

  • fEC from 1st February 2019
  • MRF / SRF Rates from 1st February 2019
  • Researchfish submission period now open
  • Underwriting of EU research projects - action required
  • X5 - Expanding Skills Training Session
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 26th February

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 217

18 January 2019

  • Contract Status Portal Retirement – 31st January 2019
  • Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish until 1st February 2019
  • X5 - Expanding Skills Training Session
  • Research Development Job Opportunities
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – change of venue
  • Research Grants Numbering

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 216

14 December 2018

  • X5 Label Change
  • Research Operations Office Christmas Closure
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar - 14th January 2019
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting – 26th February 2019
  • Contract Status Portal Retirement
  • Research Grants Numbering

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 215

30 November 2018

  • X5 – new pay scales
  • 2019 UKRI Submission Period using Researchfish
  • Survey - Managing Budgets and Forecasting
  • Research Administrators Programme 2019
  • Research Operations Office Christmas Closure

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 214

16 November 2018

  • Node Administrator Workshops for ResearchFish – 21st November 2018
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 29th November 2018
  • Research Operations Office Christmas Closure
  • Research Administrators Programme 2019
  • New Feature on ROO Website
  • New CRUK Policy on Dignity at Work in Research and Grant Conditions updates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 213

2 November 2018

  • Node Administrator Workshops for ResearchFish – 21st November
  • Research Administrators Programme 2019
  • Research Development Job Opportunities
  • Information for EC Grant Recipients (FP7 and H2020)

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 212

12 October 2018

  • Costs for Researcher Development on Research Grants
  • Reminder – New Research Grants Application Deadlines
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 29th November 2018
  • EC Grants: the Personnel Costs Calculation Wizard

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 211

28 September 2018

  • Research Grants Application Deadlines Changes from 1st October 2018
  • Pay scales updated in X5
  • Research Grants Numbering
  • Information for EC Grant Recipients (FP7 and H2020)

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 210

17 August 2018

  • New RGUG date - 13 September 2018
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar – 15 October 2018
  • Equipment sharing features in £250k award for Early Career Researchers

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 209

10 August 2018

  • ERC Work Programme for 2019
  • X5 Surgeries
  • RGUG - 20 September 2018
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar - 15 October 2018
  • Guidance for Academic Research Involving Personal Data

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 208

29 June 2018

  • Funding Assurance Programme (FAP) Audit 2018
  • Research Dashboard - Phase 2 Beta Release
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar – 18th July 2018
  • Research Grants Numbering
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) - Presentations Available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 207

15 June 2018

  • BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account Pump-Prime Project Funding - Open Call
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 28th June 2018

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 206

18 May 2018

  • UKRI Funding Assurance Visit to the University of Cambridge
  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2018 – Information Event on Thursday 7th June
  • X5 User Group
  • X5 – Training and Surgery Sessions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 205

4 May 2018

  • Grant Applications - New Deadlines from 1st October 2018
  • X5 – New Training and Surgery Sessions
  • RGUG Meetings

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 204

13 April 2018

  • Comparison of University fEC Rates to Sector
  • The Royal Society Research Grant Scheme
  • Guidance for Staff Working Overseas
  • Research Grants Users Group Meeting - 26th April 2018

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 203

23 March 2018

  • Main Researchfish Submission has closed for 2018
  • TES Charges on H2020 awards
  • Forthcoming CRUK Audit
  • Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Impact and Public Engagement with Research

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 202

9 March 2018

  • Researchfish submission deadline – 15th March
  • SharePoint Online

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 201

23 February 2018

  • Researchfish submission deadline – 15 March
  • X5 Training
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar – 30 April
  • Equipment Sharing at Cambridge
  • Upcoming Equipment Funding Calls
  • Research Grant User Group Meeting

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 200

9 February 2018

  • Researchfish submission period now open
  • Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre in X5
  • New X5 User Group
  • Wellcome Trust Grant Start Certificates
  • AHRC - Data Management Plans in grant applications from 29th March 2018

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 199

1 February 2018

  • fEC from 1st February 2018
  • MRF / SRF Rates from 1st February 2018

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 198

26 January 2018

  • X5 Downtime – 1st February 2018
  • Research Grant User Group Meeting – 6th February
  • X5 Training
  • Software Licensing Workshop - 8th March
  • Electronic Lab Notebook – New Guidance Pages

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 197

12 January 2018

  • Symplectic Elements Link to Researchfish until 26th January 2018
  • Research Grant User Group Meeting - 6th February 2018
  • Update to the RCUK Research and Training Grant Terms and Conditions
  • Pathways to Impact tool now available
  • Competition: Have your research turned into a story for the Cambridge Science Festival

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 196

5 December 2017

  • UKRO ERC Consolidator Grant, Information and Proposal Writing Session - 12 December 2017
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications / Expenditure Statement - Reminder
  • X5 Training - January 2018
  • RGUG Meeting - 6th February 2018

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 195

21 November 2017

  • Research Dashboard now available
  • Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications / Expenditure Statement
  • 2018 European Young Researchers' Award - call open

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 194

17 November 2017

  • Node Administrator Workshops for ResearchFish – November 2017
  • Research Dashboard
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 30th November 2017
  • ReShare for ESRC Grantholders - Webinar 12th December

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 193

3 November 2017

  • Research Dashboard - Workshop for Administrators 13th November 2017
  • Node Administrator Workshops for ResearchFish – November 2017
  • Interim Audit of H2020 Grants
  • Applications to US Federal Agencies
  • In Conversation with the Wellcome Trust - 5th December 2017

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 192

19 October 2017

  • RCUK Researchfish Submission Period 2018
  • Research Dashboard
  • Grant Lifecycle Guidance
  • New Wellcome Trust Policy on Equipment Purchases
  • International Research Collaborator – Due Diligence
  • Research Administrators' Programme 2018
  • Research Associate Salary Changes Reminder

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 191

5 October 2017

  • Research Administrators' Programme 2018
  • Research Contracts Portal
  • Updates for US Federal Grant Holders
  • Open Access Week 23 - 29 October 2017
  • ORCID Competition 2017 in Cambridge

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 190

22 September 2017

  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 28th September 2017
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar - 17th October 2017
  • X5 Training

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 189

18 August 2017

  • ERC Advanced Grant application deadline: 31st August 2017 at 4pm
  • BBSRC Agri-Food Technology Seeding Catalyst Award – internal call open
  • Research Dashboard
  • Archiving Projects in X5
  • X5 Training Dates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 188

3 August 2017

  • ERC Synergy Grant information session reminder – 9th August 2017
  • ERC Starting Grant information session reminder – 11th August 2017
  • X5 – How to Archive a Project
  • Research Grant User Group - new dates
  • Dropbox Business: self-service institutional purchasing now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 187

20 July 2017

  • Research Grants User Group - Thursday 27th July
  • ERC Synergy Grant Information Session – Wednesday 9th August
  • ERC Starting Grant Information Session – Friday 11th August
  • X5 Questionnaire for Academic and Administrative Staff
  • EPSRC New Investigator Awards

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 186

30 June 2017

  • ERC Advanced Grant information session – 6th July 2017
  • X5 Questionnaire for Academic and Administrative Staff
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 27th July 2017
  • EPSRC Public Affairs and Media Training Opportunity

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 185

9 June 2017

  • New Costing Sub Type on X5
  • Horizon 2020 Draft Work Programmes for 2018 - 2020
  • Demystyfing H2020 Audits - presentation available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 184

19 May 2017

  • Demystyfing H2020 Audits
  • RGUG Meeting - 23 May
  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship Workshop
  • ERC Synergy Grants Re-launched
  • A new online Grants Management System from the Royal Society

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 183

5 May 2017

  • Demystyfing H2020 Audits
  • Meet the Funder - Data Sharing Policy and Practice with Cancer Research UK
  • The University's Open Access policy framework
  • X5 - Additional Drop Down Options

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 182

21 April 2017

  • Workshops for PIs – Your Views on Research Administration
  • Test the New PI Dashboard - Feedback Welcome
  • Symplectic Elements Weekend Upgrade
  • Demystifying H2020 Audits
  • Technology Touching Life Initiative
  • Leverhulme Trust Emails

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 181

6 April 2017

  • Apprenticeship Levy
  • Workshops for PIs – Your Views on Research Administration
  • H2020 Timesheets & Declaration of 100% Working
  • New Wellcome Trust and COAF Open Access Requirements
  • fEC and Income Allocation Policy Seminar – 25 April
  • X5 training dates
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 23 May 2017

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 180

14 March 2017

  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - Tuesday 28 March
  • Symplectic Elements Maintenance Work - Tuesday 28 March
  • Grant Inflation for Wellcome Trust Awards
  • Implementation of the Updated Research Terms and Conditions for US Federal Awards
  • Main Researchfish Submission has closed
  • Support for preparation of large cross-School research funding bids
  • Developments in Open Science in the Netherlands - Tuesday 11 April

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 179

9 March 2017

  • Researchfish Submission Deadline - 16 March 2017
  • Audit for Horizon 2020 Grants
  • Excel Versions of CUFS Reports
  • How to Get the Most Out of Modern Peer Review - Thurs 30 March
  • Increasing Openness and Reproducibility in Research - Monday 10 April 2017

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 178

16 February 2017

  • Researchfish Submission Period 6 Feb - 16 March 2017
  • MRF/SRF Rates for 2017
  • Workshop: Roles and Risks in Research Grant Applications – 8th March 2017
  • Journal Subscriptions Meeting about the RSC - 22nd February 2017
  • RGUG - Tuesday 28th March 2017
  • UIS Data Storage

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 177

2 February 2017

  • Researchfish submission period 6 Feb - 16 March 2017
  • New fEC rates
  • RGUG meeting - 10th February
  • Events from the Office of Scholarly Communication

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 176

24 January 2017

  • Workshop for PIs and Students - how to submit your Researchfish return
  • X5 Training

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 175

5 January 2017

  • Researchfish Workshop - Tuesday 10th January
  • Linking Publications to Grants in Research Symplectic
  • Workshop for PIs and Students - how to submit your Researchfish return
  • X5 Unavailable on Thursday 12th January 7:00am – 9:00am
  • Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Engagement Workshops
  • Research Software Management, Sharing and Sustainability Workshop - Monday 16th January
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - Friday 10th February

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 174

8 December 2016

  • Application & Expenditure Statement Deadlines during December
  • Wellcome Trust - Population, Environment and Health team visit Cambridge - Tuesday 20th December
  • Researchfish Workshop - Tuesday 10th January 2017
  • Workshop for PIs and Students - how to submit your Researchfish return
  • Research Policy Committee Minutes from 6th October 2016
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 10th February 2017 at 10am

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 173

22 November 2016

  • X5 Unavailable on Monday 28th November 7:30am - 9:00am
  • RGUG - Thursday 8th December
  • Application & Expenditure Statement Deadlines during December
  • Researchfish Workshop - Tuesday 10th January 2017
  • Workshop for PIs and Students - how to submit your Researchfish return

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 172

10 November 2016

  • Funders' Collection Period 2017
  • Research Administrators' Programme 2017
  • Publicly Accessible Webpage for Equipment Sharing now live
  • Open Research Pilot Project: Call for Participants
  • Wellcome Open Research Publishing Platform

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 171

25 October 2016

  • Funders' Collection Period 2017
  • RGUG Meeting - 1st November
  • Data Management Plans - All You Need to Know
  • Agreement between the European Commission and the US Government
  • Export Controls and Academia
  • BBSRC Chief Executive Open Meeting: Strategy and Forward Plans

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 170

11 October 2016

  • Research Administrators' Programme 2017
  • Audit of US Federal Funded Grants
  • BBSRC Chief Executive Open Meeting: Strategy and Forward Plans
  • RGUG meeting, Tuesday 1st November, 1:30pm
  • Open Access events

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 169

30 September 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -169
  • RGUG: change of date and feedback needed

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 168

15 September 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -168
  • WORKSHOP: Helping Researchers Publish
  • Call for Data Champions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 167

8 September 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -167
  • Internally Invoiced Costs on Horizon 2020 project

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 166

19 August 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -166
  • HM Treasury guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves the EU
  • Equipment Sharing Project – new Twitter account

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 165

5 August 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -165
  • Advance Notice - Symplectic upgrade w/c 15 August 2016
  • New Income Allocation Policy – ERC PI time income split now extended to all H2020 awards
  • ERC Starting Grant Information session
  • New Concordat on Open Data launched

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 164

21 July 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -164
  • RGUG meeting: date changed to 8 Sept. 2016
  • Reminder: new Income Allocation Policy effective from 1 August 2016
  • EPSRC: Presentation on delivery plan

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 163

21 July 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -163
  • ROO website update following EU referendum result
  • The Data Dialogue - Time to Share: Navigating Boundaries & Benefits
  • The University needs your feedback on research data services

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 162

24 June 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -162
  • Inappropriate use of RCUK funds – future grant reviews
  • New Income Allocation Policy effective from 1st August 2016

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 161

10 June 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -161
  • 1. Changes to Income Allocation Policy- effective from 1st August 2016
  • 2. RGUG meeting on 23 June cancelled
  • 3. Upgrade of electronic grants submission service in 2017
  • 4. European funding for research on global challenges
  • 5. Wellcome Trust: Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 160

26 May 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -160
  • 1. New Requirement for RCUK Funded Equipment to appear on National Portal
  • 2. Improving the research process - discussing an 'open research' position
  • 3. The Data Dialogue. Time to Share: Navigating Boundaries & Benefits
  • 4. Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 159

13 May 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -159
  • 1. Platforms for research data management
  • 2. How to use the University’s repository to promote and publish your research
  • 3. Evaluators needed for Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 158

29 April 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -158
  • Reminder – RGUG meeting 5 May 2016
  • Equipment Sharing Update Easter Term 2016
  • Innovate UK – new home for funding opportunities
  • BA/ Leverhulme Small Research Grant applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 157

15 April 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -157
  • End of Researchfish submissions
  • “Teaming and Twinning calls” event
  • BA/ Leverhulme Small Research Grant applications
  • UFS Grants Invoices

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 156

1 April 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -156
  • Cancer Research UK Grant Finance Changes
  • New Jisc-funded service for recruiting participants
  • Open Science Framework - platform to manage research data
  • Workshop: Finding and accessing human genomic data for research

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 155

18 March 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -155
  • Date of RGUG meeting changed
  • Researchfish submission deadline for NIHR grants
  • “Teaming and Twinning calls” event
  • Obligation for FP7 Marie Curie fellows to submit questionnaires

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 154

4 March 2016

  • ROO Bulletin- 154
  • DEADLINE: RCUK Researchfish submission period closing 10 March 2016
  • Eligibility of claims related to irrecoverable VAT on Innovate UK grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 153

19 February 2016

  • ROO Bulletin- 153
  • X5 Training for Departments
  • X5 Unavailable – Tuesday 1st March between 07: 00 and 09:00
  • Reminder: Researchfish submission periods open
  • Equipment and research data sharing information sessions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 152

4 February 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -152
  • X5 Update - new fEC and MRF/SRF rates
  • Budget Calculator - PI Incentive removed
  • Researchfish: submission period for RCUK now open
  • Round table discussion about CC BY requirements

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 151

22 January 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -151
  • Researchfish training workshop taking place today (22 Jan.) in Cambridge
  • RCUK Researchfish collection period 2016
  • Reminder: Next RGUG meeting on 9 Feb. 2016
  • DMP support service

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 150

8 January 2016

  • ROO Bulletin -150
  • Reminder- Registration for Researchfish workshop on 22 Jan. 2016, at 1:30pm for PIs and 2:30pm for Departmental Administrators
  • Next RGUG meeting on 9 Feb. 2016
  • Guidance for Researchfish node administrators
  • Node administrators- amendments on Researchfish by mid-January
  • Wellcome Trust’s and CRUK’s requirements for data sharing – meet the funders
  • Strategies for managing social media research data

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 149

10 December 2015

  • ROO Bulletin -149
  • Researchfish workshop in Cambridge in January 2016
  • Guidance for Resarchfish users
  • Nature’s ‘Scientific Data’ journal event
  • Open Data @ Addenbrokes
  • Open Data @ Mill Lane

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 148

26 November 2015

  • ROO Bulletin -148
  • Researchfish system for collecting Research Outcomes
  • Researchfish submission for Arthritis Research UK – deadline 1 Dec 2015
  • Researchfish submission for Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
  • Changes to grant management arrangements of Wellcome Trust from December 2015
  • Christmas/New Year Closing Dates and Application/Expenditure Statement Deadlines
  • Relocation of the Research Operations Office from Mill Lane to Greenwich House

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 147

12 November 2015

  • ROO Bulletin -147
  • RCUK Funding Assurance Programme (FAP) 2015 – Final update
  • RCUK Researchfish collection period 2016
  • ContentMine Workshop: mining for the life sciences
  • Research Data Management Workshop
  • OpenCon Cambridge
  • New RCUK guidelines on research data sharing policy - feedback welcome
  • Sign up for the Open Access monthly newsletter

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 146

29 October 2015

  • Research Bulletin 146
  • Information Session about Funders’ Requirements for Sharing Research Data

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 145

22 October 2015

  • RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 144

15 October 2015

  • RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit
  • Invitation to Discuss New Research Data Sharing Requirements with Funders and Policy Makers
  • ROOTS Tier 2 Research Administrators Programme 2016
  • X5 Training Dates 2016

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 142

2 October 2015

  • ROOTS Tier 2 Research Administrators Programme 2016
  • X5 Training Dates 2016
  • RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 141

18 September 2015

  • EPSRC Random Checks on Publications for Research Data Accessibility
  • Export Control and Intrusion Software Tools
  • A Panel Discussion on Open Data – Moving Science Forward Or A Waste Of Time and Money?
  • Eligibility of UCF (University Composition Fee) on Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN, IAAP Grants
  • Streamlining of EC Reporting – stricter rules affecting Financial and Scientific Reporting
  • RGUG - Tuesday 22nd September 2015

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 140

21 August 2015

  • X5 Submission Reports - External Partners and Collaborating Departments
  • Science Funding Opportunities in Poland - Presentation 28 September
  • Funder Requirements for Sharing Research Data – Request a Talk at your Department
  • Budgeting for Open Access Costs in Grant Applications
  • Online Contracts Submission

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 139

7 August 2015

  • New Research Operations Office Website
  • X5 Training Dates
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy Briefing Session - 19 November
  • Helping you Manage your Research Data – Please Circulate

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 138

4 August 2015

  • Wellcome Trust Grant Applications Require an ORCID
  • Open Data Newsletter and Events in August and September
  • RCUK Assurance Programme Audit, 23 - 25 Nov 2015
  • Guidelines on Authorship

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 137

24 July 2015

  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing session – 13 October 2015
  • X5 Training Dates
  • Guidance on Creating a Cost Extension or Supplement in X5
  • European Research Council 2016 Call Deadlines

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 136

12 June 2015

  • RGUG - Tuesday 16 June

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 135

28 May 2015

  • Euro exchange rates in X5
  • X5 Training
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing session – 17 July
  • Research Data Management Policy Framework
  • Open Data Events and Blog

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 134

1 May 2015

  • Open Data information sessions
  • New ESRC research data policy
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing session – 5 June
  • RGUG - Minutes and Presentations

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 133

2 April 2015

  • New funder requirements for sharing research data
  • Changes to ESRC Research Grants funding thresholds
  • Sanctions against Russia
  • UKRO Horizon 2020 Slides

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 132

19 March 2015

  • Wellcome Trust New Grants System

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 131

20 February 2015

  • ERC Advanced Grant information session – Thursday 26 February 2015
  • UKRO visit - Monday 16 March 2015
  • Support for preparation of large cross-School research funding bids

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 130

6 February 2015

  • ERC Advanced Grant information session – Thursday 26 February 2015
  • Expenditure Review on Research Grants
  • X5 Common Values and Funder Form

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 129

30 January 2015

  • X5 fEC Rates Changes

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 128

23 January 2015

  • Twinning Call Presentation – Thursday 29 January 2015
  • X5 Training

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 127

9 January 2015

  • Wellcome Trust Visit - 15 January
  • ERC Consolidator Grant Information Session – Thursday 22 January
  • Twinning Call Presentation – 29 January

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 126

19 December 2014

  • Parkinson's UK - Researchfish deadline 16 Jan 2015
  • Innovate UK (formally Technology Strategy Board)
  • X5 - Overlapping Professorial Spine Points
  • X5 Submission Report - new FAQ
  • RGUG - Minutes and Presentations
  • Updates to Finance Grants Training Material

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 125

12 December 2014

  • Application and Expenditure Statement Deadlines during the Christmas Break
  • Cognos Report "3-2-1 Grants Listing" to be renamed "Grants Ending in a Specified Period"
  • Twinning Call Presentation – Thursday 29 January 2015
  • X5 Training
  • X5 – Award Costing

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 124

27 November 2014

  • X5 Training
  • X5 Updates
  • Research Grants User Group Meeting - 11 December 2014
  • Interim Financial Reporting
  • Missing or Unclear Narratives for Expenditure in CUFS

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 123

21 November 2014

  • BHF and NIHR Submission Periods Using Researchfish
  • ERC Starting Grants Information Event - 27 November
  • Application and Expenditure Statement Deadlines during the Christmas Break
  • Wellcome Trust Unveils New Funding Framework

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 122

7 November 2014

  • Minutes and Presentations from RGUG now available
  • TSB Knowledge Transfer Partnership
  • BBSRC Chief Executive visit to Cambridge – Monday 17th November

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 121

4 November 2014

  • 2014 Open Funder Submission Periods Using Researchfish - reminders

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 120

30 October 2014

  • 2014 Open Funder Submission Periods Using Researchfish

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 119

17 October 2014

  • Research Administrators Programme 2015
  • 2014 Open Funder Submission Periods Using Researchfish

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 118

3 October 2014

  • Research Administrators Programme 2015
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing sessions
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) – 16 October 2014
  • RCUK Sanction Statement & Researchfish Workshops
  • De-Mystifying Audits Workshop – 19 November 2014

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 117

19 September 2014

  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing sessions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 116

15 August 2014

  • X5 Availability
  • Researchfish Workshops & RCUK Collection Period

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 115

8 August 2014

  • De-Mystifying Audits Workshop – 12 September 2014
  • RGUG

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 114

25 July 2014

  • pFACT Decommissioning - 31st July
  • Presentations from RGUG now available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 113

18 July 2014

  • Notification from the Open Access Project Team at the University Library

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 112

11 July 2014

  • ERC Advanced Grant Scheme Presentation - Wednesday 16th July
  • X5 Currency Rates
  • Cambridge Equipment Database
  • pFACT Decommissioning - 31st July

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 111

30 June 2014

  • Tour de France, Monday 7 July 2014 – Research Office Closed

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 110

13 June 2014

  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing sessions
  • Research Outcomes Harmonisation Project update
  • New submission report for EC H2020 applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 109

30 May 2014

  • Open Meeting on Tuesday 3rd June with Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the ESRC

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 108

23 May 2014

  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing sessions
  • RGUG

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 107

12 May 2014

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards - Government Taxes
  • X5 - change on default currency of Horizon 2020 funders

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 106

25 April 2014

  • New Research Grant Expenditure application has now been launched!!
  • pFACT Decommissioning

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 105

11 April 2014

  • UKRO Marie Sklodowska-Curie Information and Proposal Writing Event

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 104

4 April 2014

  • RCUK - Research Outcomes Harmonisation Project

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 103

31 March 2014

  • CUFS Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 102

31 March 2014

  • CUFS Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 101

21 March 2014

  • RGUG Tuesday 25 March 2014

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 100

7 March 2014

  • Wellcome Trust Open Meeting - Tuesday 18 March (Limited places still available)
  • Wellcome Trust - Allowable Costs
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy Briefing Sessions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 99

21 February 2014

  • Wellcome Trust Open Meeting - Tuesday 18 March (Limited places still available)
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy Briefing Sessions
  • X5 Upgrade

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 98

7 February 2014

  • Wellcome Trust Open Meeting – Tuesday 18 March
  • X5 Upgrade

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 97

31 January 2014

  • X5 fEC Rates Changes - 3 February 2014

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 96

24 January 2014

  • Technology Strategy Board Eligible Costs
  • Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy Briefing Sessions
  • Research Grant Users Group - 28 January 2014

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 95

10 January 2014

  • Timesheets
  • Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Support Letters
  • RCUK PhD stipends

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 94

6 December 2013

  • ROOTS Tier 2 Research Administrators Programme 2014
  • Wellcome Trust – changes to Grant policy
  • Open Innovation Collaboration with GSK

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 93

28 November 2013

  • Research Systems Store

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 92

22 November 2013

  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) - 26 November 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 91

11 November 2013

  • Horizon 2020 Presentations - Thursday 14 November 2013
  • MRC eVal

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 90

31 October 2013

  • X5 Downtime

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 89

29 October 2013

  • British Heart Foundation Researchfish submission period is open

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 88

25 October 2013

  • pFACT Decommissioning
  • Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions – 29 October 2013
  • Allocation of Principal Investigator (PI) time on Research Council grants
  • Interdisciplinary Projects within X5
  • Draft Work Programmes for Horizon 2020
  • Horizon 2020 Presentations - Thursday 14 November 2013
  • Horizon 2020 – ‘Health’ Information Event - Tuesday 26 November 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 87

16 October 2013

  • Researchfish (e-val) presentation
  • X5 Unplanned Outage

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 86

11 October 2013

  • Additional Item: Update on the Removal of VAT Exemption for Research
  • Please can you ensure that all Research Council grant holders in your Department are aware of the following:
  • European Commission Guidance on Travel Costs
  • Research Council Grants - Starting Procedures
  • Horizon 2020 Presentations - Thursday 14 November 2013
  • Horizon 2020 – ‘Health’ Information Event - Tuesday 26 November 2013
  • Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions – 29 October 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 85

7 October 2013

  • X5 changes

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 84

2 October 2013

  • US Government Shutdown – further update about the impact on NIH grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 83

1 October 2013

  • US Government Shutdown

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 82

23 September 2013

  • Update on the Removal of VAT Exemption for Research

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 81

20 September 2013

  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) - 24 September
  • Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions – 2 & 29 October
  • MRC Researchfish (e-Val)
  • Changes to BBSRC Final Reporting
  • Equipment Database

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 80

3 September 2013

  • Research Professional Training Sessions - 16 September 2013
  • Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions – 2 & 29 October 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 79

19 August 2013

  • New Financial Conflict of Interest policy to meet US regulations

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 78

2 August 2013

  • X5 Salary file update
  • X5 - Generic Funders and Searchable FAQs

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 77

22 July 2013

  • New X5 Tutorials
  • pFACT “Read-Only” from 1 August

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 76

19 July 2013

  • X5 - Videos and Clarification
  • RGUG - Tuesday 23 July 2013
  • X5 downtime

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 75

28 June 2013

  • Wellcome Trust Presentation - Wednesday 3 July 2013
  • X5 –Schemes for Industrial Funders
  • X5 –Videos
  • Open Access publication options: Advice and support for University of Cambridge authors

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 74

14 June 2013

  • Wellcome Trust Presentation - Wednesday 3 July 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 73

7 June 2013

  • Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions - 13 & 14 June
  • X5 Training Session - 19 June

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 72

29 May 2013

  • Research Outcomes System (ROS) – Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 71

23 May 2013

  • X5 Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 70

14 May 2013

  • Doctoral impact and careers tracking study

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 69

10 May 2013

  • X5 Briefing Session for Departments

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 68

26 April 2013

  • Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions
  • Restricted Calls
  • X5 Briefing Sessions for Departments
  • Update on ERC Calls in 2014
  • Removal of VAT exemption for research

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 67

12 April 2013

  • From the Research Strategy Office: Support for preparation of large cross-School research funding bids
  • Wellcome Trust Inflation Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 66

5 April 2013

  • 2013 ROS (Research Outcomes System) Collection Period
  • ROOTS: Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions
  • Guidance on risk assessing grant applications

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 65

28 March 2013

  • X5 Project

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 64

26 March 2013

  • Important update about ROS

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 63

15 March 2013

  • X5 Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 62

8 March 2013

  • ESRC Visit - Wednesday 27 March 2013
  • US FEDERAL FUNDING – SEQUESTRATION IMPACT
  • Wellcome Trust Grant Reviews
  • EC Framework 7 Auditors
  • RCUK Assurance Visit

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 61

28 February 2013

  • X5 Project - User Acceptance Training

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 60

22 February 2013

  • pFACT pay scales change 25th February 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 59

15 February 2013

  • Research Councils UK doctoral stipend levels and indicative fees for 2013
  • Removal of VAT exemption for Research

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 58

11 February 2013

  • Changes to Final Reporting

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 57

1 February 2013

  • RCUK Efficiency 2011-14 Sub-contract top slices
  • The ROOTS Programme: Introduction to the Research Operations Office
  • Research Grants Applications - New Submission Deadlines

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 56

31 January 2013

  • pFACT - fEC Rates Changes - 1 February 2013

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 55

18 January 2013

  • fEC Rates Changes
  • fEC and its Impact on your Grants
  • Changes to BBSRC requirements for grant applications
  • X5 Project – User Acceptance Testing

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 54

28 November 2012

  • AHRC - Planned Future Changes to Start Certificates and FES
  • X5 Project – Core Acceptance reached, Volunteers needed
  • Changes to RCUK Grant Administration

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 53

14 November 2012

  • Updated Wellcome Trust Grant Conditions:

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 52

9 November 2012

  • Announcement from Hughes Hall - Hughes Hall 2012/13 Competition for Research Fellows and Post-Doctoral Research Associates
  • Wellcome Trust eGrants Enhancements

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 51

12 October 2012

  • MRC FINAL REPORTS NO LONGER SUBMITTED VIA JES
  • RCUK ASSURANCE WORKSHOP

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 50

8 October 2012

  • RCUK Assurance Visit

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 49

4 October 2012

  • URGENT - RCUK Assurance 2012

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 48

28 September 2012

  • pFACT Clean-up for migration to X5 - Archiving pFACT proposals

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 47

25 September 2012

  • RCUK Assurance 2012 - Visit dates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 46

14 September 2012

  • pFACT Clean-up for migration to X5
  • Research Professional

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 45

24 August 2012

  • The Research Facilities and Equipment Database is launched!

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 44

20 July 2012

  • Research Councils UK Efficiency 2011-15 – final top slice postings onto Research Grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 43

6 July 2012

  • Wellcome Trust Visit
  • Wellcome Trust: new initiatives
  • RCUK Assurance (previously FAP Research Grants)
  • X5 User Acceptance Testing

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 42

27 June 2012

  • Procedure for PVC Research Support Letters

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 41

1 June 2012

  • Wellcome Trust Visit Sponsor Visit – July 12

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 40

4 May 2012

  • X5 User Acceptance Testing
  • pFACT pay scales change 8th May 2012
  • Improved flexibility of Wellcome Trust senior biomedical schemes

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 39

5 April 2012

  • Research Outcomes System (ROS) Update
  • Changes to distribution of funding alerts
  • Equipment Costing Workshops
  • Research Professional online broadcast training session on Tuesday 10 April 2012

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 38

19 March 2012

  • RGUG Meeting - 20 March, 9.30am
  • Government Taxes on EC Framework 7 and NIH awards
  • Revised restricted call procedure
  • Change to ESRC grant procedures for new awards

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 37

1 March 2012

  • Audit Update
  • Research Professional Online Training Session

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 36

9 February 2012

  • Research Professional online broadcast training session on Tuesday 14 February
  • Equipment Sharing Project
  • Audit Update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 35

31 January 2012

  • pFACT - fEC Rates Changes - 1 February 2012

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 34

20 January 2012

  • fEC Rates Changes
  • Knowledge Transfer Secondments (KTS) - Open Call
  • Equipment modification – call for funding

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 33

22 December 2011

  • Research Office closures
  • Equipment modification – call for funding
  • British Heart Foundation Online Grant Applications – Important information
  • ERC Advanced Grants & ERC Synergy Grants presentation now available online
  • Cancelled RGUG meeting papers available online

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 32

1 December 2011

  • Presentation on ERC Advanced Grants & ERC Synergy Grants – Tuesday 13 December 2011
  • Engineering Instrument Pool
  • Research Office closed - Thursday 8 December 2011

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 31

10 November 2011

  • pFACT Data Migration Survey
  • pFACT Tidy Up
  • RGUG Presentations

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 30

12 October 2011

  • BA Small Grants Scheme workshop: Wednesday 26 October, 10:00am
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting: Tuesday 1 November, 9:30am
  • Research Data Management Workshops: 9-11 November

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 29

16 September 2011

  • RCUK Final Reports, Notifications and Sanctions
  • RCUK Equipment Funding – email award confirmation to PI
  • ERC Synergy Grants Announcement
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) - 20 Sept 2011
  • Cambridge University Hospital R&D patient panel

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 28

18 August 2011

  • RCUK Efficiency 2011-2015
  • Scam e-mail disguised as from the Gates Foundation

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 27

28 July 2011

  • Marie Curie update
  • News from Finance: Cognos PI Report now available
  • Research Grant User Group presentations

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 26

18 July 2011

  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) - Tuesday 19 July 2011
  • Wellcome Trust Update
  • Researchers - your reagents are valuable

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 25

30 June 2011

  • Efficiency 2011-15: Ensuring Excellence with Impact - update
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) - Tuesday 19 July 2011

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 24

2 June 2011

  • pFACT - Research Council funders change on 6 June 2011

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 23

20 May 2011

  • Directorship of the Research Office
  • RCUK efficiency changes
  • Research Grants User Meeting (RGUG) - Tuesday 24 May 2011
  • Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards to include Medical Humanities and Bioethics

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 22

13 May 2011

  • Research Councils UK - changes to requests for equipment from 1 May 2011

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 21

5 May 2011

  • pFACT pay scales change 9 May 2011
  • Changes to the Department Budget Calculator
  • FP7 ERC Proof of Concept Call
  • Research Professional training session
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society update

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 20

7 April 2011

  • RGUG meeting on Tuesday 12 April is cancelled
  • Changes to pFACT: New pay scale - Clinical Lecturer (StR)
  • EC Funding presentation - slides available

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 19

29 March 2011

  • EC Funding Presentations - Thursday 31 March 2011
  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) minutes and presentations

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 18

10 March 2011

  • EC Funding Presentations - Thursday 31 March 2011
  • Wellcome Trust - updated instructions on costing salaries
  • MRC Transfer to JeS
  • Changes to pFACT: Clarification of Revised Banded Rates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 17

4 March 2011

  • Changes to pFACT: Revised Banded Rates

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 16

25 February 2011

  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting - Tuesday 1 March 2011
  • BBSRC: Changes in procedures and processes
  • Wellcome Trust Schemes Update
  • ARMA Membership 2011/2012
  • RCUK - Reporting Overspends on Grants

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 15

31 January 2011

  • pFACT - fEC Rates Change on 1 February 2011
  • pFACT - Research Council Student Maintenance Rate for 2011/12
  • pFACT - Terms and Conditions Screen
  • MRC e-Val presentation

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 14

12 January 2011

  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting - Tuesday 18 January 2011
  • MRC Visit to Cambridge: e-Val and impact – Wednesday 26 January 2011
  • Timesheets requirement
  • Isaac Newton Trust
  • fEC Rates Change

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 13

8 December 2010

  • Research Office closed - Thursday 9 December 2010
  • MRC Visit to Cambridge: e-Val and impact – Wednesday 26 January 2011
  • Patient and Public Involvement drop-in sessions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 12

26 November 2010

  • Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting - Tuesday 30 November 2010
  • EC Audit Fees
  • Timesheets for Research Councils UK (RCUK)
  • DHL charges for EC grants
  • Delegated Authority Letters
  • Research Office closed - Thursday 9 December 2010

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 11

10 November 2010

  • Research Grants Users Group (RGUG) Meeting – 30 Nov 2010
  • Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards - reminder of deadlines
  • Cancer Research UK- Electronic Grants Management System (eGMS)

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 10

27 October 2010

  • Reminder: CLEER programme – changes in applications procedures
  • Changes to pFACT: New BHF Student Maintenance Rates
  • EC Guidance following recent audit
  • Eligibility of Tuition Fees on EC grants
  • Presentations from BBSRC and NERC visits on the Research Office site

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 9

12 October 2010

  • NERC Presentation - 13 Oct 2010
  • CLEER programme – changes in applications procedures
  • CLEER programme – changes of procedure in unsuccessful applications
  • RGUG Minutes from 28 September 2010
  • Addgene plasmid depository

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 8

30 September 2010

  • Launch of Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards
  • Changes to pFACT: Inflation on Overseas Funders
  • BBSRC Presentation - 7 Oct 2010
  • NERC Presentation - 13 Oct 2010
  • MRC Research Board and Panel Recruitment round

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 7

23 September 2010

  • Changes to pFACT: VAT Rate Increase

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 6

16 September 2010

  • Research Grants Users Group (RGUG) Meeting – 28 Sept 2010
  • BBSRC Presentation - 7 Oct 2010
  • Changes to pFACT - 20 Sept 2010

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 5

7 September 2010

  • Research Grants Users Group (RGUG) Meeting – 28 Sept 2010
  • Research Professional - funding calls database

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 4

13 August 2010

  • Report on Wellcome Trust Visit
  • Royal Society Research Fellowships - Salary Update
  • Inflation on Overseas Funders
  • MRC e-Val 2010 Question Set

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 3

11 August 2010

  • pFACT upgrade August 2010 - cancelled

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 2

23 July 2010

  • Upgrade to pFACT: 19 - 25 August 2010
  • Reminder: Wellcome Trust Presentation 28 July 2010
  • Reminder: Research Professional - demonstration sessions

Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 1

8 July 2010

  • Upgrade to pFACT - August 2010
  • Research Office Bulletin – available on the website and searchable
  • Intellectual Property Policy in practice - new guidance note
  • Reminder: Wellcome Trust Presentation 28 July 2010
  • Research Professional - new features and demonstration sessions

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